Answered: c) Use a scale drawing to find the…

c) Use a scale drawing to find the resultant vector, (a + b), when the following two vectors, a and b, are added together. 2.5 30° B 35° 1.8

College Physics

10th Edition

ISBN:9781285737027

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter3: Vectors And Two-Dimensional Motion

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Q: During the isobaric expansion from A to B represented below, -80 J of heat is removed from the gas.…

A: Heat removed = -110 J

Q: 1. Following vigorous exercise, the body temperature of a person weighing 85-kg is 40 °C. At what…

Q: When doing numerical calculations involving temperature, you need to pay particular attention to the…

Q: A closed surface is constructed in the space between two large parallel metal plates, where there is…

A: Magnitude of electric field,Area increment ,Then,The electric flow through any surface is denoted…

Q: Mary applies a force of 78 N to push a box with an acceleration of 0.49 m/s2. When she increases the…

A: The applied force in first case is 78 N and acceleration is 0.49 m/s2. The applied force in second…

Q: In analyzing the forces on a halfback running with a football, a free-body diagram is drawn. If the…

A: The player's entire body is the chosen free body

Q: How much electromagnetic energy is contained in each cubic meter near the Earth's surface if the…

A: Intensity of sunlight I =10000 W/m2.Find electromagnetic energy

Q: A fox fleeing from a hunter encounters a 0.770 m tall fence and attempts to jump it. The fox jumps…

Q: The same force that gives the standard 1 kg mass an acceleration of 1.00 m/s2 acts first on body A,…

A: Given data: Standard Mass (m) = 1 kg acceleration (a) = 1.00 m/s2 Acceleration of the body A (aA) =…

Q: Calculate the standard uncertainty in z if z=sinθ using the angle (46.60 ± 0.13) degrees z = __±…

Q: Paintball guns were originally developed to mark trees for logging. A forester aims his gun directly…

A: Height (h) = 6 mDistance (x) = 20 mSpeed (u) = 50 m/s We need to find how far below the knothole…

Q: Your friend, who is in a field 70 meters away from you, kicks a ball towards you with an initial…

A: Initial Velocity u = 20 m/sDisplacement S = 70 mAcceleration a = ( negative since it is…

Q: When pushing off of a pool wall, a swimmer exerts a force parallel to the length of her femur,…

Q: 1. In a quasi-static isobaric expansion, 600 J of work are done by the gas. If the gas pressure is…

Q: The diagram shows two charges situated in a plane. The following questions relate to the diagram.…

A: Charges q1 and q2 Distance , d1 and d2 = 12 cm and 9 cm respectively Let the distance of P from the…

Q: How many moles are there in a cubic meter of an ideal gas at 100 degree celsius (C) to 4 digits of…

A: Volume of ideal gas (V) = 1 m3Temperature (T) = 100oC = 100+273.15 k = 373.15 k Pressure (P) = 0.25…

Q: Sarah is traveling 20 m/s when she sees a red light ahead. Her car is capable of decelerating at a…

Q: Which of the following has the greatest gravitational energy with respect to the A. 6 kg mass placed…

Q: Create a graph of y=2x-6.

Q: A car slows from 48.4 kph to 34.9 kph to get off the highway in a span of 8.5 seconds. What is the…

A: Page 1

Q: 12.0 cm 1 9.0 με 9.0 cm 9 2 5.0 HC a. What is the electric field at point P? b. An electron is…

Q: A sphere of linear dielectric material has embedded in it a uniform free charge p. If the radius of…

A: A sphere of linear dielectric material has embedded in it a uniform free charge . if the radius of…

Q: A particle is initially moving along the positive x-axis at a speed of 8.10 m/s. After 2.15 s, the…

A: Initial speed of the particle, ux=8.10 m/s (along the positive x-axis) Final speed of the particle,…

Q: A rigid body is made of three identical rods, each with length L = 0.775 m, fastened together in the…

Q: Giant electric eels can deliver a voltage shock of 5.00 x 10² V and up to 1.00 A of current for a…

Q: Consider a mass spectrometer used to separate the two isotopes of uranium, 238 U³+ (3.952 x 10-25…

A: See below

Q: Which statement below about the potential difference across the battery and across the identical…

A: Both the bulbs are connected in series. Let their resistance be 'R' each. Since we know that current…

Q: A 0.900 kg hammer is moving horizontally at 5.50 m/s when it strikes a nail and comes to rest after…

A: Mass of hammer is Initial velocity is Distance covered is Finally it comes to rest, that is, final…

Q: (a) What is the magnitude of the average acceleration of a skier who, starting from rest, reaches a…

Q: a) Draw the standing wave pattern in an open air column for the 4th resonant length. b) If the…

A: See below

Q: You are in charge of keeping the gravity "on" at the space station (we will cover how you do this…

Q: Find the resultant force on (a) the mass m₁ = 0.203 kg and (b) the mass m₂ = 0.108 kg in the figure…

Q: Assuming the matter temperature equalled the radiation temperature at the recombination epoch,…

Q: Activity 2.4-Newton's Second Law Problems Use the free body diagram method to solve the following…

Q: a) A picture is hung in equilibrium by two cords attached from its top corners. Both cords make an…

A: By resolving the force on each cable in two directions i.e. horizontal and vertical,we get…

Q: You are designing a high-speed elevator for a new skyscraper. The elevator will have a mass limit of…

A: In this Question we have to determine the minimum value of a 60.0-kg passenger's apparent weight…

Q: 7. A wave moving at 5.5 m/s passes into a new medium and its wavelength increases to one-and-a-half…

Q: A horizontal spring, of k = 13.3 N/m, is mounted at the edge of a lab benchto shoot marbles at…

Q: (a) Calculate the force (in N) the woman in the figure below exerts to do a push-up at constant…

A: In the question it is given that a woman of mass 56 kg is doing push up at constant speed the centre…

Q: Kennedy decides to meet up with Meagan after school to discuss their catapult assignment. She walks…

A: Initially the person covers the distance towards west direction.Then the person covers towards the…

Q: 3 20 Will it slide? Yes no

Q: A car laps a race track in 84 seconds. The speed of the car at each 6-second interval is determined…

Q: A standing sound wave in air in a tube is shown below. The length of the tube is 0.650 m.

Q: = Two light rays (1 and 2) travelling in air (na 1) from source S (1 m above the surface of water)…

Q: Light of wavelength 620 nm is incident on a slit having a width of 0.18 mm. The viewing screen is…

A: Given datawavelength of the light beam The slit width The screen distance .

Q: Calculate the standard uncertainty in z if z=Xsinθ using the angle (57.00 +- 0.85) degrees and the…

Q: For a vibrating circular membrane with a fixed rim with radius a = 0.25 m, surface density ps = 1…

Q: pellet is fired with an initial speed of vo at an angle of 60° abc ed at the same angle but with an…

A: initial velocity of first pellet = v0 angle of projection θ = 600 initial velocity of second…

Q: A cylinder has a radius of 2.1cm and a length of 8.8cm. Total charge 6.1 X 10^ -7 C is distributed…

A: Radius of cylinder is r=2.1 cm Length or height of cylinder is h=8.8 cm Total charge uniformly…

Q: The 50 kg circular lead piston shown in (Figure 1) floats on 0.31 mol of compressed air. Figure h 1…

Concept explainers

Scalars and Vectors

Scalars and Vectors are the classification of physical quantities that are used to denote various terms in physics.

Question

c) Use a scale drawing to find the resultant vector, (a + b), when the following two vectors, a and
b, are added together.
2.5
30°
B
35°
1.8

Expert Solution

This question has been solved!

Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Step 1: Given data

VIEW

Step 2: Explains the theory

VIEW

Step 3: Finds the resultant vector

VIEW

Solution

VIEW

Step by step

Solved in 4 steps with 20 images

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Knowledge Booster

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, physics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.

Similar questions

Vector A has a magnitude of 8.00 units and makes an angle of 45.0 with the positive x-axis. Vector B also has a magnitude of 8.00 units and is directed along the negative x-axis. Using graphical methods, find (a) the vector sum A + B and (b) the vector difference A B.
Vector A has a magnitude of 4.50 m and makes an angle of 64.0 with the positive x axis. Vector B, with a magnitude equal to that of vector A, points along the negative y axis (Fig. P3.16). Graphically find the magnitude and direction of the resultant vector a. A+B, b. AB, c. BA, and d. 2AB.
A vector points from the origin into the second quadrant of the xy plane. What can you conclude about its components? (a) Both components are positive. (b) The x component is positive, and the y component is negative. (c) The x component is negative, and the y component is positive. (d) Both components are negative. (e) More than one answer is possible.
A vector lying in the xy plane has components of opposite sign. The vector must lie in which quadrant? (a) the first quadrant (b) the second quadrant (c) the third quadrant (d) the fourth quadrant (e) either the second or the fourth quadrant
A vector points from the origin into the second quadrant of the xy plane. What can you conclude about its components? (a) Both components are positive. (b) The x component is positive, and the y component is negative. (c) The x component is negative, and the y component is positive. (d) Both components are negative. (e) More than one answer is possible.
The displacement vectors 42.0 cm at 15.0 and 23.0 cm at 65.0 both start from the origin and form two sides of a parallelogram. Both angles are measured counterclockwise from the x axis. (a) Find the area of the parallelogram. (b) Find the length of its longer diagonal.
The resultant vector R=2AB2C has zero magnitude. Vector A has an x component of 4.60 m and a y component of 12.1 m. and vector B has an x component of 3.00 m and a y component of 4.00 m. What are the x and y components of vector C? (All of these are two-dimensional vectors.)
A new landowner has a triangular piece of flat land she wishes to fence. Starting at the west corner, she measures the first side to be 80.0 m long and the next to be 105 m. These sides are represented as displacement vectors A from B in Figure 3.61. She then correctly calculates the length and orientation of the third side C. What is her result?
Vector has a magnitude of 35.0 units and points in the direction 325 counterclockwise from the positive x axis. Calculate the x and y components of this vector.
In Figure P1.49, find (a) the side opposite , (b) the side adjacent to . (c) cos , (d) sin , and (c) tan . Figure P1.49
A surveyor measures the distance across a straight river by the following method: starting directly across from a tree on the opposite bank, he walks x = 1.00 102 m along the riverbank to establish a baseline. Then he sights across to the tree. The angle from his baseline lo the tree is = 35.0 (Fig. P1.53). How wide is the river? Figure P1.53
Vector A, with a magnitude of 18 units, points in the positive x direction. Adding vector B to vector A yields a resultant vector that points in the negative x direction with a magnitude of 6 units. What are the magnitude and direction of vector B?